Below is the list of universities and institutions which have confirmed their participation in the United Nations - The Nippon Foundation of Japan Fellowship Programme. DOALOS is currently holding discussions with numerous other universities and institutions, and this list will be periodically updated as new arrangements are finalized.

Note that DOALOS reserves the right to place Fellows with the most appropriate Host Institution based on a Fellow's proposed research and study programme, the Institution's corresponding areas of expertise and their availability, as well as other factors including visa requirements and placement scheduling. Applicants should not contact, or apply directly to, Host Institutions for United Nations - Nippon Fellowship placements.

Phase 1: Specialized Studies and Research

Selected Fellows are to carry out specialized research and studies for a 6 month period at one of the following universities or research institutions:

• Centre de Droit Maritime et Océanique, Université de Nantes (Nantes, France)

• Centro de Estudos do Mar of the Universidade Federal do Parana in cooperation with the
  International Ocean Institute - South Western Atlantic Ocean (Parana, Brazil) 

• Centre d'Etudes et de Récherches sur le Droit des Activités Maritimes et l'Environnement (CERDAME),
  Institut du Droit et de la Paix et du Développement, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis (Nice, France)

• Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong (Wollongong, Australia)

• Centre for Oceans Law and Policy, University of Virginia (Charlottesville, U.S.A.)

• Department of Environmental, Earth and Ocean Sciences (EEOS), University of Massachusetts Boston (Boston, U.S.A.)

• Facultat de Nàutica de Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain)

• Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy, University of Delaware (Newark, U.S.A.)

• Graduate Program in Marine Affairs, Department of Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island (Kingston, U.S.A.)
  

• Indonesian Center for the Law of the Sea (ICLOS), Padjadjaran University (Bandung, Indonesia)

• Institute of Maritime Law, University of Southampton (Southampton , U.K.)

• Instituto de Estudios Internacionales, Universidad de Chile (Santiago, Chile)

• Marine and Environmental Law Institute, Dalhousie University in partnership with the 
  International Ocean Institute-Canada (Halifax, Canada)

• Marine Affairs Programme, Dalhousie University (Halifax, Canada) in partnership with the 
  International Ocean Institute-Canada (Halifax, Canada)

• Marine and Shipping Law Unit, University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia)

• Marine Law and Ocean Policy Centre, National University of Ireland (Galway, Ireland)

• Marine Law and Policy Research Centre, Istanbul Bilgi University (Istanbul, Turkey)

• Maritime Institute, University of Ghent (Ghent, Belgium)

• Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, (Heidelberg, Germany)
             Note ►   fellowship subject to university admittance committee approval  

• Melbourne University Law School (Victoria, Australia)
  
  

• Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea, Utrecht University School of Law (Utrecht, The Netherlands)

• Ocean and Coastal Law Center, University of Oregon School of Law (Eugene, U.S.A.)

• Oklahoma University Law of the Sea Fellowship, University of Oklahoma (Norman, U.S.A.)

• Ostseeinstitut für Seerecht und Umweltrecht, Universität Rostock (Rostock, Germany)

• Saint Mary's University (Halifax, Canada)
  

• Scottish Centre for International Law, Edinburgh University (Edinburgh, U.K.)

• Rhodes Academy of Ocean Law and Policy (Rhodes, Greece)
             Note ►   fellowship subject to academy committee approval
                     ►   3 week course is to be completed in conjunction with an additional 2 to 5 month fellowship with another participating university.

• School of Tropical Studies and Geography, James Cook University in partnership with the
  International Ocean Institute Regional Centre for Australia & the Western Pacific (Townsville, Australia)

• Tulane Maritime Law Center, Tulane University (New Orleans, U.S.A.)

Phase 2: Training

Selected Fellows are to carry out their training for a period of 3 months at the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations Secretariat (New York, U.S.A.) or at one of the following institutions:

• Fisheries Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Rome, Italy)

• International Labour Organization (Geneva, Switzerland)

• International Maritime Organization (London, U.K.)

• International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Hamburg, Germany)

• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP office to be confirmed according to Fellow's research topic)

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